title: [Pott's puffy tumor: a rare complication of frontal sinusitis].
abstract: Pott's puffy tumor is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis characterized by swelling and edema in the brow due to a subperiosteal abscess associated with frontal osteomyelitis. Added complications are cellulitis by extension to the orbit and intracranial infection by posterior extension, with high risk of meningitis, intracranial abscess, and venous sinus thrombosis. Early diagnosis and aggressive medical or surgical treatment are essential for optimal recovery of affected patients. In the antibiotic age it is extremely rare, with very few cases described in the recent literature. A case is presented of a Pott inflammatory tumor in a 7 year-old boy, as a complication of acute pansinusitis who presented with front preseptal swelling and intracranial involvement with thrombosis of ophthalmic and superior orbital veins and frontal epidural abscess extending to the subarachnoid space.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, España. Electronic address: davidainsa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aínsa Laguna
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pons Morales
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz Tormo-Figueres
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Vega Senra
authors.affiliation: Sección de Pediatría Infecciosa, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Otero Reigada
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059369:Pott Puffy Tumor / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Absceso epidural; Epidural abscess; Frontal sinusitis; Ophthalmic vein thrombosis; Pott's puffy tumor; Sinusitis frontal; Trombosis vena oftálmica; Tumor inflamatorio de Pott